2024 Darfur Ilyushin Il-76 shootdown
ST-JAN, the Ilyushin Il-76T involved in the accident, pictured under a previous registration | |
| Shootdown | |
|---|---|
| Date | 21 October 2024 |
| Summary | Shootdown |
| Site | Al Mahla, Darfur, Sudan |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Ilyushin Il-76T |
| Operator | Unconfirmed |
| Registration | Unclear, likely either EX-76011 or ST-JAN |
| Flight origin | Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan |
| Destination | Amdjarass, Chad |
| Occupants | 5 |
| Crew | 5 |
| Fatalities | 5 |
| Survivors | 0 |
On 21 October 2024, a cargo Ilyushin Il-76 that had previously been suspected operating by New Way Cargo Airlines was shot down over the Darfur region of western Sudan by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) during the Sudanese civil war. All five people aboard were killed. The ownership of the aircraft remains unclear. The aircraft is believed to have been operated by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) on a mission to deliver equipment and medicine to the army-held city of Al-Fashir. Despite this, initial reporting stated that the aircraft involved was an Ilyushin Il-76 registered as EX-76011 with serial number 0013428831 operated by New Way Cargo Airlines on behalf of the United Arab Emirates supplying the RSF. However, the aircraft was reportedly exported to Sudan on 12 January 2024 where it was re-registered ST-JAN; the initial report that it was EX-76011 was on account of a safety card bearing this registration being found in the wreckage.